Baling-press



(No Model.) 7

M. F. GONNETT & M. P. OONNETT, Jr'.

Bal ing Press.

No. 236,988. Patented Jan. 25,1881.

WITNESSES INVENTORS ATTORNEY THE Noam: PETERS co PNOTO-LITNQ, WASNXNGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC MATTHEW F. CONNETT AND MATTHEW F. GONNETT, JR., OF LITTLE ROCK,

ARKANSAS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,988,. dated January 25, 1881.

Application filed July 3, 1880. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MATTHEW F. CON- NETT and MATTHEW F. OONNETT, Jr., of Little Bock, in" the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Baling-Presses; and .we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and cxaetdescription of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and ff figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is arepresentatiou of a vertical section of our improved press, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in bailing and compressing machines; and it consists in the arrangement and novel construction of the various parts of the press, and in the combination of the devices used, as will be hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A desi gnates the rectangular base of the press, having at its corners four strong upright metallic posts, B, which support fixedly at their upper ends the stationary bed 0. The uprights are suitably secured both to the bed and base, and are strongly braced together at proper intervals. The bed is also connected to the upper braces by bolts and inclined truss-plates. We do not confine ourselves, however, to any special construction of the press-frame, any form thereof having the requisite strength being suited to our purposes.

D indicates the follower, of suitable construction, arranged between the uprights B, and vertically movable to or from the bed for the purpose of admitting the material to be baled, and pressing the same, or ofcompressing a bale already formed.

G G and G G indicate strong metallic levers, composed each of the two metallieplates, thr0ugh-bolted together in pairs. The levers G G extend through the interval between the plates G G, andextend considerably beyond the same, forming the power-arms H, and the levers G G are extended beyond the levers G G, forming similar arms, H. The levers G are pivotcd to the under side of the follower by bolts a,'extending through ear or their equivalent in the said follower, es in the ,windlassat its inception runs the follower up ends of the said levers, and the levers G G are pivoted to the base by means of similar bolts b. The levers G G are pivotedtogether after the manner of toggles at their intersection by means of the bolts 0 c, and on the bolt 0, in the interval betweeuthe plates d, are arranged the independent pulleys 0 0. The power-arms H of thelevers G are provided, at their ends, with the pulleyse e, and the powerarms H of the levers G with similar pulleys I It is evident that the follower is run up when these toggle-jointed lovers are straightened out. This is accomplished by a doubleconical windlass, operated by a suitable motor through the medium of the ropes R R, which ropes are prevented from slipping on the windlass by forming grooves therein or by other equivalent means. The rope R is attached to the windlass by one end at the point of its greatest diameter, passes thence between the plates at of leversG, over and around the pulley e at the far side of the machine, thence back to the correspondingpulley e at the near side thereof, around which it is passed. It is then carried back over the pulley cat the far'side of the machine, thence around pulley e at the near side thereof, thence over and around the pulley oon the bolt 0.' It is thence carried up around the pulley f, nearest the motor, thence back over and around the pulley f at the far side of the machine, thence back to the pulley f, thence to the second pulley j, and thence-t0 the windlass, to which it is then secured. The rope R is secured to the other conical part of the windlass, andpursues an identical course over the pulleys of the remaining levers G G. The rotation of the rapidly, there being but little resistance to overcome; but as the resistance increases the power exercised by the'windlass is oorrespo'ndingly increased, owing to its constantly decreasing diameter. The passing of the levers G between levers G allows them to be straightened out completely, and thepeculiar arrangement of the pulleys in the power ends of said levers and the method'and course of the ropes R It around the said pulleys, gives enormous compressing power. a

In order to prevent the follower from tip- 5 .ticel branches engagedhetween parallel guideways w, secured to the frame.

WVe are aware that a follower ofa press operated by toggle-jointed levers is not broadly new,'hence we do not broadly claim such de- 10 Vices.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V In a. baling and compressing machine consisting of the posts B, having base A and bed i 1 5 G, the follower D, provided with guides N andguideways, the levers G G, pivoted together at their intersections, and having power-arms H 11, provided with pulleys e eff 0, the levers G, pivoted to the follower, the levers G pivoted to the base, and the ropes R R, engaging said pulleys, all constructed and arranged to operate as shown'and described.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two Witnesses.

MATTHEW F. OONNETT. MATTHEXV F. GONNETT, JR. Witnesses:

A. M. B. GRAHAM, J i W. Dav s. 

